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AF FORM'112—P&RT | APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 COUNTRY v raray, REPORT NO. 4M BUANK) oom, fhe : hlasktl LOAD 4,53 pf e fy, VALI, AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION/REPORT Unidentified Flying Object AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) Alaska 10th Air Division (Defense) DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 21 Feb 53 18 Feb 53 F~6 PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE Major John S. Masterson 39th Air Police Squadron REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) Msg DTG 18/06302 Msg No, 020121 SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin tert of report on AF Form 112—Part II.) (CLASSIFICATION) A large red light, appreximately thirty-six (36) inches in diameter, was reported by six Air Policemen at 18/0455Z Feb 53 as cressing Elmendorf AFB and the city of Anchorage, and then disappearing in a vertical climb. Ne identification has been established. m R25 roy, SII pee say 5 oo OS EE rare ed arin fo-SZAE memo vere | eae f _ 2 wes | JOHN S, MASTERSON Major, USAF Overlay AMS Q-712 Directer of Intelligence sheet 3243 III * DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR CINCAL ATIC 5001lst Composite Wing 39th Air Depot Wing AAC NE AC 5004th AISS USARAL FEAF 5010th Composite Wing ADC COMALSEAFRON 10th Air Rescue Gp NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 U. S.C.— 31 AND 32, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, USAF. (CLASSIFICATION) 16—55569--1 —-U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Declassification